August 5, 2025 | Anil Wasif, MPP '21, in his article for聽Policy Magazine, argues that low- and middle-income countries should prioritize context-specific solutions over expensive, large-scale AI models. He contends that successful adoption depends on adapting existing technologies to local realities. A process known as 鈥渁rchitectural innovation鈥� rather than pursuing capital-intensive invention.
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Published on: 12 Aug 2025
August 12, 2025 | Vincent Rigby was quoted by The Walrus as one of several former Canadian intelligence leaders who have shifted from skepticism to support for creating a Canadian foreign spy agency. The article traces decades of Ottawa鈥檚 reluctance to build such a service, relying instead on allies like the U.S. and the U.K. for intelligence gathered abroad.
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Published on: 12 Aug 2025
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Published on: 12 Aug 2025
PhD student in Human Development (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology), Shubhangi Bhardwaj, was announced as a recent recipient of Dr. Gauri Shankar Guha Award for International Development Education! Bhardwaj was also awarded the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) International Peace Scholarship for Women for the year 2025.
Published on: 12 Aug 2025
Congratulations to Yumi Dille for receiving the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at BE-STEMM 2025
We are thrilled to announce that Yumi Dille, PhD student in Human Genetics program聽supervised by Dr. Myriam Srour, has received the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the BE-STEMM 2025 Conference, organized by the Canadian Black Scientists Network (CBSN) and hosted at the University of Calgary.
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Published on: 11 Aug 2025
Canned soup giant Campbell's has come under fire for engaging in "maple washing" 鈥� a marketing tactic where foreign-made products are falsely associated with Canada through the use of maple leaves or vague labels like 鈥淒esigned in Canada.鈥� This misleading practice gives consumers the impression that products are Canadian when they are not.
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Published on: 11 Aug 2025
Some residents in Montreal鈥檚 Mercier-Est neighbourhood were caught off guard after Canadian National (CN) Railway sprayed a herbicide near their homes this week,
Glyphosate is a powerful weedkiller banned in Montreal since 2021, as part of the city鈥檚 precautionary approach to protecting human health and the environment. But CN operates under federal jurisdiction, which means it isn鈥檛 subject to municipal rules.
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Published on: 7 Aug 2025
Earlier this summer, from May 4th through May 9th, 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) and Faculty of Law co-organised the 2025 9I制作厂免费 SGI Transformative Business Law Summer Academy (TBLSA).
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Published on: 7 Aug 2025
Business + Law is different from Business Law.聽With this framing in mind 鈥� and recognising the plethora of issues emerging at the intersection of law, business and finance in an age of rapid climate and technological change 鈥� 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Business Law Platform and the University's Sustainable Growth Initiative launched a new collaboration and graduate student mentorship project, under the leadership of the CIBC Office of Sustainable Fina
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Published on: 7 Aug 2025
The Department of Psychology is mourning the passing of Professor Morton Mendelson, a longstanding faculty member who joined the department in 1977. Professor Mendelson demonstrated a deep commitment to education and student well-being, and served as 9I制作厂免费's first聽Deputy Provost of Student Life and Learning. He will be missed by many.聽
Professor Emerita Debbie Moskowitz offered these words about Professor Mendelson:
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Published on: 7 Aug 2025
The Caisse de d茅pot et placement du Qu茅bec is taking a 20% stake in the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk, England. It is the UK鈥檚 first new nuclear power plant since the 1990s, and Professor Sebastien Betermier credits the government there with creating the favourable circumstances for private investors like the Caisse to take part in infrastructure development. 鈥淚n this particular project, I believe the U.K.
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Published on: 7 Aug 2025
Business leaders understand that AI has the power to generate tremendous value, but it is IT teams that have a deeper understanding of the underlying processes and what鈥檚 going on behind the scenes. 鈥淭hey better understand the potential dangers and pitfalls,鈥� says Maxime Cohen, Professor of Retail and Operational Management and Director of Research at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. And because AI needs significant human oversight, they need to be involved in its ideation and deployment.
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Published on: 7 Aug 2025
Private market developers face an 鈥渋nvestment catch-22鈥� in getting infrastructure projects off the ground, Professor Sebastien Betermier wrote in a recent report for the C.D. Howe Institute. Private investors view new infrastructure markets as complex, unfamiliar, and high risk. But the infrastructure bank model can create value as a cost-efficient policy tool in the government ecosystem, Betermier concluded.
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Published on: 7 Aug 2025
Our staff will curate the Info-Neuro cart offering free resources for the following clinics this month:
September 5 鈹� Movement Disorders Clinic
September 10 鈹� Brain Tumour Clinic
September 19 鈹�聽Neuromuscular & Post-Polio Clinic
September 23 鈹� Epilepsy Clinic
September 24 鈹� Brain Tumour Clinic
Wednesday 30 鈹� MS Clinic
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Published on: 7 Aug 2025
Ozempic and Wegovy are widely used to support weight loss and manage diabetes. But could this class of drugs, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, also help treat heart failure, liver disease and even addiction?
by researchers at 9I制作厂免费 and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research at the Jewish General Hospital takes a closer look at their growing list of potential uses beyond diabetes and obesity.
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Published on: 7 Aug 2025
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